Conservation perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in Europe: A systematic review
| Autor: | Tobias Plieninger, Malin Tiebel, Andreas Mölder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecology Ownership Geography Planning and Development Forest management Sustainable forest management Forestry General Medicine Forests Natural resource Europe Systematic review Nature Conservation Scale (social sciences) Humans Environmental Chemistry Resource use Conflict management Female Business Environmental planning |
| Zdroj: | Ambio. 51:836-848 |
| ISSN: | 1654-7209 0044-7447 |
| Popis: | Private forest owners are the main forest ownership group within Europe, and important conservation values have been found on their land. Yet, small plot sizes, societal heterogeneity, and structural changes impede developing and implementing effective conservation programs in private forests. We present a systematic literature review focusing on small-scale private forest owners and their perspectives on nature conservation by synthesizing research approaches, social-ecological drivers, and policy recommendations. Conservation perspectives were positively related to female gender, higher levels of education, formalized forest management, an active relation to the forest, and ecological values of the property. In contrast, high age, rural orientation, economic forest management factors, large parcel size, and economic and sentimental property values negatively influenced conservation perspectives. Applying a natural resource conflict management framework, we synthesized recommendations covering three dimensions: substance, procedure, relationship. Considering perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in current forestry decision-making has great potential to strengthen sustainable forest management that integrates nature conservation and resource use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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